Petrus Gerardus Vertin artwork • painting • previously for sale A town in winter with strollers and skaters
Petrus Gerardus Vertin
Den Haag 1819-1893
1819-1893
A town in winter with strollers and skaters
oil on panel 51.2 x 38.9 cm, signed l.r. and painted 1838
This painting was previously for sale.
Petrus Gerardus Vertin received his training at the academy in The Hague, which means that his work is considered part of The Hague Romanticism. He painted Dutch cityscapes and streets in summer and winter. He occasionally had these upholstered by his friends Charles Rochussen, J.F. Hoppenbrouwers and S.L. Verveer. Sometimes his work is topographical, but mostly Vertin opted for fantasy images. In his winter views he paid a lot of attention to the reflection of light on snow-covered roofs, window frames and sidewalks.